Support for vehicle-engines.



H. F. KNEGHT.

SUPPORT Foa VEHICLE ENGINES. APPLICATION HLSW MMU-,1915.

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HARRY F. KNECHT, 0F WEST SLISBURY,`PENNSYLVANIA.

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`Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 27, 1915. Serial No. M599.

To all whom it may concern.' p

Bc 1t known that l, HARRY F. KNECHT, a citlzen ot' the Unitedl States,residing lat lest Salisbury, in the county of Somerset and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain. ,new and useful Improvements inSupports for Vehicle-Engines, of which 'the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention` relates to supports for vehicle engines and moreparticularly to an auxiliary support or brace for engines of that typeemployed upon the Model T, Ford automobile. I

The invention has for its primary object to provide a brace or -supportof the above character which will relieve the lower portion of the crankcase from strains incident to the vibration of the engine, and thusprevent leakage of the lubricating oil. Itis a further object of myinvention to provide an engine brace or support which, when applied,will be very rigid and substantial, and necessitates no alterations inlthe ordinary mounting of the engine, as found in motor vehicles ofthetype above .With the above and other objects in view, my inventionconsists in the novel features of construction, combination, andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed,and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a transverse section of the frame of a Ford automobile,showing my improved brace or support arranged in position; and Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the brace.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the longitudinal sidebars of the vehicle frame, and 6 designates the crank case of theengine. This crank case'is provided upon the lower section thereof atoppo-` site sides, with the hangers 7, the upper ends of which areoutwardly extended, as at 8, and adapted to be bolted upon the vehicleframe.

My improved brace is constructed of a. single casting and includes abody 9 which may be of any preferred form, said body at its outer endbeing gradually reduced in width andormed with the arms or extensions10. These arms areprovided with cylindrical enlargements 11' whichareyertically bored to receive the fastening bolts 12..

The body 9 of the brace is centrally provided in its upper portion witha recess indicated at 13 which is designed to receive the lower sectionof the crank case. The upper edge of the brace body, upon opposite sidesof the recess 13, is disposed slightly below the plane of the upperedges of the arms or extensions 10, as indicated at 14. At the outerends of these edge portions 14, lugs 15 are integrally formed with thebrace upon one side thereofand. at the inner ends of the edge portions14 and contiguous to Patented July d, 1915sthe opening 13, are thelaterally extending I lugs 16 which project from the opposite'face ofthe brace body.'

The brace is arranged as shown in Fig. 1,

with the arms or 'extensions thereof dis osed in the channel frame bars5 and rigid y secured in' place by means of the bolts 12 which aredisposed through the cylindrical enlarge-y ments 11 of said arms and theupper and lower flanges of the frame bars. The engine crank case is nowdisposed with its lotver section in the recess 13 and theilanges of thecase sections extend over the uppgr edge portions 14 of the brace bodyand uponit is believed that the construction and ar` rangement of theseveral parts, as well as cev thc advantage thereof, will be clearly andfully understood.

My improved brace relieves the crank case and the frame of the vehicleof undue strain which would otherwise be caused by the vibration of theengine. The necessity ot frequently removing the crank case for thepurose of repairing the oil can within the ower section, which is oftenshaken loose, is also 'obviated by meansof my invention. As the-casewill be kept absolutely tight at the joint'betwecn the sections thereof,escape or waste of the oil is prevented.

It will be noted that the invention is of P'atent'sz;

v'1. The combination with a vehicle frame such form and construction,the same may be readily applied to the frame of the vehicle withoutnecessitating any changes 1n its construction, or in the construction ofand engiL. crank case, of a transverse brace or support"'provided Vwitharms at its ends bolted to the frame bars,.said brace having a centralrecess in its upper edge to receivethe 2.5: lower ysection of the crankcase, the flanges of the' crank case sections engaging upon the11oper'edge of the brace upon opposite sides of the recess, and lugsformed upon the brace body to which said fianges are bolted. 2. Thecombination with a vehicle frame and crank case provided upon its lowersection at opposite sides with hangers, of n transverse brace havingarms. -formed upon its ends bolted to the longitudinal frame lbars, saidbrace being also provided with n central recess in its upper portion toreceive the lower section of the crank case, and spaced lugs projectingfrom the opposite faces of the brace at its upper edge and on oppositevsides of said recess, the joint flanges of the crank case extending oversaid` lugs and being bolted thereto, the outer ends of the hangersresting upon the outer ends of the longitudinal franiebars in spacedrelation to the arms of the brace and being bolted to said bers. Intestimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

HARRY F. KNECHT.

Witnesses: I

Roer. HARDING, PETER L. SWANK.

